Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

Rather, how thoroughly the team embodies the culture set at the top ultimately determines whether you’re turning tables all night or staring at empty seats. – Brooks Schaden, co-CEO of Tom’s Watch Bar The pandemic certainly put food safety on the map as consumers prioritized their personal health and wellness above all.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Per Statista , the year-over-year decline of seated diners in U.S. A good first step is to elevate your food safety culture. How Food Safety Culture Has Changed. Food safety used to mean “what you do when no one is watching.” restaurants was an astonishing 43.38 percent as of September 30, 2020.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2024

“Through expansive experiences that inspire our guests paired with the ambiance of the space and the food on the plate, we’re setting new standards for the industry and creating truly spectacular moments for all who enter our restaurants and bars.” That’s where the NEXT Flavor Report comes in. Move over “swicy.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Here, restaurants must ensure they provide accurate information, such as hours, contact details, and attributes like outdoor seating or delivery options. Users rely on TikTok to learn about a restaurant’s ambiance, food presentation, and overall experience, even if the platform lacks detailed business information.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

As an investor in some of America’s most iconic brands, I’ve identified some key elements that every food brand can focus on in 2023 to grow and scale their business. When looking to invest in a food concept, we look for these seven elements: 1. ” In the food world, we ask similar questions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Tastewise, an AI-powered food intelligence solution, launched in the UK. With real-time data into consumer behavior data, the solution offers immediate, location-specific food and beverage insights into an industry that is changing faster than ever before. ” Tastewise Data. social interactions, and 1.2M online recipes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 5, 2021

It’s not enough just to recover, retail and specifically restaurants and the food industry are compelled to pivot, adapt and create a model that will endure. Conventions and meeting spaces, theme parks and hotels, and restaurants are finding it better to reduce indoor seating as it requires too much maintenance and risk.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2025

Allowing designers to adjust everything, from seating and kitchen workflows to lighting and décor. For customers, 3D design tools allow the creation of warm and interactive dining spaces since restaurant operators can try different seating arrangements. Indeed, 3D modeling can help enhance this flexibility in today's design.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2025

For restaurateurs, the message is clear: in 2025, your space is no longer just where food is prepared and served. Those that managed to hold on have faced mounting challenges, with 98 percent citing higher labor costs, 97 percent struggling with higher food costs, and 38 percent reporting they were not profitable last year.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 5, 2025

Efficient Seating and Ordering Process Minimize wait times and ensure smooth transitions from arrival to seating. High-Quality Food and Presentation Delivering dishes that match or exceed customer expectations is critical. Make sure the entrance area is clean and organized, setting a positive tone before guests even sit down.

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EATER

MARCH 25, 2025

Keith Lee, the internets most famous food critic. Photo by Renee Dominguez/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images The TikTok food critic has spent the last few years advocating for independent restaurants, most recently in a partnership with Toast. I wasnt going to chains or fast-food places. Does that ever get heavy?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2020

” No one knows for sure, but we are seeing glimpses of a trend that may be the answer for restaurant owners and operators: expanded outdoor seating. ” An (ROI) Argument for Expanding Outdoor Seating. Creating or expanding outdoor seating is nowhere near as expensive as a building expansion. Inside Out.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Rising labor and food costs, along with the ongoing struggle to recruit and retain employees, remain among the top concerns for both fullservice and limited-service operators. "The Despite the positive outlook, many operators say, "new year, similar concerns." Restaurants aim to attract more in-person diners.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Some trending concepts over the past several years have included more open seating, high ceilings, and exposed structure concepts. In addition, the open and visible cook line kitchens are a new age design so that the patrons can see the preparation of food and the cooking process. With the current climate of the U.S.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Real Food at BK. Burger King permanently banned 120 artificial ingredients and counting from its food menu nationwide. “By banning these 120 ingredients from our food, we’re offering guests an easy choice – delicious food made with quality ingredients. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 19, 2020

US Foods Ghost Kitchens. US Foods Holding Corp. launched US Foods Ghost Kitchens, a program designed to guide restaurant operators every step of the way when opening their own operation, helping them easily add a new revenue stream.

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EATER

MARCH 11, 2025

Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our relationship to food and dining has undergone some permanent changes I got COVID for the first time this past February. Most restaurant and food service workers did not have access to sick leave or any other safety net , and yet were deemed essential. Sound familiar?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 11, 2020

It’s based on emotion and the desire to share a food-based experience you can’t find in your home. Restaurants are a place where we go to share food with each other and enjoy each other’s company. While having to reduce the number of seats is never ideal for a restaurant, many states are requiring it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The floor plan of a seating area should not only make it easy for employees and patrons to observe social distancing guidelines, but the foot traffic flow should also make sense. Remove buffet and other communal food areas. Create designated areas (for curbside pickup and for those guests waiting to be seated).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In the race to become one of the more popular restaurants in your area it takes more than serving good food and pouring outstanding cocktails. Restaurant owners want their patrons to enjoy the food, cocktails, and service the space provides. Tie in the aesthetic of the restaurant with the food and drinks you are serving.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With many restaurants closed for in-person dining on and off throughout the pandemic, the food service industry shifted to delivery and takeout as a business imperative. According to SEC filings, food delivery apps experienced tremendous growth in 2020 earning a combined $5.5 billion from the same period in 2019. The world has changed.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

While there’s no crystal clear direction for the industry in 2022, there are restaurant design trends that could help shape the food and beverage scene for the better. How quickly can third-party delivery groups get in and out of the food and beverage space? Takeout is Taking Over.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 8, 2020

” However, we expect the initial reduction in seating capacity to be closer to 25-30 percent, not 50 percent. This period will likely last four-to-six weeks, and we expect the seating reduction to create table spacing of approximately 9’-0” on center (from the typical 6’-0” on center).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2022

I don’t have one client who has all the servers necessary to run their operations, which results in a lot of complaints about long waiting times once the guest is seated. For a few minutes, the guest feels better because they are in a seat, but the big problem is on the horizon. Improve Service Through the Menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

More than half of restaurant operators said it would be a year or more before businesses conditions return to normal with food, labor, and occupancy costs are expected to remain elevated, and continue to impact restaurant profit margins in 2022, according to the National Restaurant Association's 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

He started his career with Hardee’s Food Systems in 1983 ending in the position of District Manager. Paul Soulliere began his career with Hardee's Food Systems in 1978 and worked his way up as Crew Supervisor, Assistant Manager, and Restaurant Manager. Bill is a 1982 graduate of Michigan State University.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 9, 2024

The team at Hospitality HQ, lead by Chef Akhtar Nawab has been switching up the food hall model by launching projects designed to emphacize culinary exploration and community connection in markets including Silver Spring, Maryland, Charlotte, North Carolina and Orlando. Solaire Social, in Silver Spring; and Southern Box Food Hall in Orlando.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images According to a new study, grocery stores could keep more food out of landfills, increase profits, and pad customers’ pockets by adopting a practice widely used by airlines, hotels, and other industries This story was originally published on Civil Eats. Picture yourself grocery shopping. A recent study from U.C.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

How do you balance seating arrangements to maintain fairness and efficiency? What steps do you take to handle special seating requests, such as accessibility needs? What strategies do you use to communicate with servers effectively to manage seating flow? How do you ensure guests feel welcome when they arrive?

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EATER

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

. | Courtesy of Marielba Alvarez / Smithsonian Institution Where to find manoomin rice cakes, “kick-ass buffalo chili,” fry bread tacos, and stunning Indigenous artwork As a We Wai Kai First Nation member , I know that food connects Indigenous people to our history, traditions, and stories. My garden is where it all starts,” Oden explains.

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Suddenly we find that 2024 is almost behind us now but Future Food would like to share with you the trends and insight that we see across the food and hospitality sector. Discretionary spending has flatlined and shifted for food and hospitality but spending on essential items is slightly up.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2021

This is the perfect tool for training, and in fact can be programmed with phantom tickets —non-food-related orders— to remind staff to take on other tasks. Waitlist & Seating Management. Waitlisting/seating management solves this. Recipe Viewer – A recipe viewer is a supplement to a great KDS.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2022

Often with more available seating comes an influx of guests. They should be organized and create schedules in advance to prevent staffing shortages on busy nights, and they also need to thoroughly train new staff members and make sure every employee is up to speed on seating charts. Investing in Safe Electrical Equipment.

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EATER

MARCH 14, 2025

Why fast-food restaurants observe seafood season and not other religious holidays According to Wendys, its seafood season. Lent does not involve an outright fast, nor is it a one-day-only observance, which allows restaurants to design a specific menu around the food observers eat throughout the weeks-long period.

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EATER

MARCH 28, 2025

When you think of baseball stadium food , youre probably thinking of the classics: hot dogs wrapped in foil, buttery popcorn, a crinkly bag of Cracker Jack. One of the most important factors to consider, however, is that new menu items are hand-held or easily enjoyable finger foods. Heres how they got there.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 25, 2021

While online food and restaurant deliveries have gained momentum, many diners still want to experience in-restaurant dining. Best of all, creating a more comfortable outdoor seating space can increase ROI for restaurants in a post-COVID world. By taking seating outdoors, germs are more easily dispersed.

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EATER

DECEMBER 3, 2024

From fried chicken dinners at Zehnder’s and the Bavarian Inn to the Hallmark vibes of the main drag, tourists flock to this town for Christmas spirit For some restaurants, whether old or new, the reason for the season is not just to celebrate with food and drink — it’s to go wild over holiday decor. million people.

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